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T. H. DUZAN.

DUST GUARD FOR OAR WINDOWS.

Patented May 17, 1887.

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NITED THOMAS H. DUZAN, or PALESTINE, TEXAS.

oust-GUARD FOR CARHWINDOWS'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 363,125, dated May 17,1887.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. DUZAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Palestine, in the county of Anderson and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dust-Guards forCarindows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of devices which are designed toprevent the entranceof cinders or sparks into the windows ofrailwaycars; and the object of my invention is to produce an attachmentwhich shall be of simple form or construction, and which maybe readilyattached to or removed from the frame of a car-window, and which shallserve to collect the cinders, or sparks, or dust and discharge themunderneath the ear-window during the progress of the train.

To the above purposes my invention consists in the peculiar and novelform and location of the guard or einder-arrester, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with refer ence to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure1 is a side elevation of a sleepingcar with my improvements attachedthereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of one of the can windows, showingthe escutchcon for receiving the guard. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe guard.

In the said drawings, A designates one of the windows of apassenger-car, which is provided with two recesses or grooves, a a, toreceive two frames or sashes, B B, such double sashes being ordinarilyused for sleeping-ears, to which my invention is particularly intendedto be applied.

In the outer groove or recess, a, is placed an escutcheou, I), having ahole, b, from which a slot, 4)", extends downwardly, as shown.

Gdesignates the guard, which is of concavoconvex form, having its upperend closed by a transverse portion, 0, and having its lower end formedwith an inclined portion, a, leading to and terminating in an opening, 0as shown. The edge 0 of the guard is provided with a strip, d, of woodorother suitable material, and upon the outer side of this strip is placeda stud, d which is designed to be in-. sorted into the escutcheon b andbrought downward into the slot b for the purpose of holding the guardwith its concave side in the direction in which the trainor carordinarily moves. Holes 6 are formed in the oblique or inclined portion0 of the guard, to receive yarn or any other suitable material, which shall effectively close any opening between the sillf of the car-windowand the edge ofthe inclined portion a of the guard, so that the sillshall not be injured, it being understood that the pitch of the inclinedportion 0 corresponds with the pitch of the sillf. By virtue of thisarrangement, the smoke, dust, or cindors are drawn into the guard andare discharged from its lower end through the opening 0 as shown in thedrawings. The window-frame may be lowered upon the upper end of theguard, so as to permit free ventilation of the car.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by-Lctters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a dustguard for car-windows,&c., the body of which is of eoncavo-conveX form, closed at its upperend by a transverse plate and provided at its lower end with acontracted opely ing for the discharge of cinders, dust, &e., said bodyportion being provided with means, substantially as described, foreffecting its attachment to a window-frame, for the purpose specified.

2. An improved dustguard for rail way-cars, consisting of a metallicframe of concavoconvex form,provided with the strip (1, having the stud,substantially as described. v

3. The combination, with'the window-frame of a car provided with anescutcheon, b, of a guard of eoncavo-convex form having its lower endinclined and made with an opening, a, and its upper end closed by atransverse portion, 0, a series of holes, 0, designed to receive acushioning material, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS H. DUZAN. W'itnesses:

E. H. NALL, O. B. SAwYERs.

